DUBAI// Two men used a forged document to obtain Dh800,000 from a man after convincing him they owned an exchange house, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.
Emirati M A, 33, was not present in court to face charges of forgery, using a forged document, criminal complicity and unlawfully obtaining Dh800,000, while K H, 31, a businessman from the Comoros Islands, denied all of the charges.
The alleged victim, M A, Emirati, 46, told prosecutors he met the defendants at Bin Souqat Mall where they told him they owned an exchange house but wanted to sell it.
“I agreed with them to buy the [exchange] house in return for Dh800,000, I paid them Dh500,000 in a cheque then a few days later the remaining Dh300,000, also in a cheque,” said M A.
He said the two defendants provided him with a letter from the Central Bank stating that it did not object to the sale of the exchange house. He later discovered the document was forged.
“When I made the discovery, I went to report them and found out that they have reported me to police for giving them a bad cheque,” said M A.
Two witnesses testified that they were present with the victim when he was handed the forged document by the defendants.
Prosecutors attached a letter to the case file from the central bank stating that it did not issue any document relating to the sale of the exchange house mentioned in the case.
The next hearing will be on January 27.
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